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ARTHUR FRISCH AND MO'RRIS A. FRISQH,

P A T E N v.

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNQRS TO SAMUEL MARCUS, OF BRO'OKLYN, NEW YORK.

Dom/s HEAD.

Application filed July 13, 1921, Serial To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR Person and Mounts A. Fmsori, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dolls Heads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dolls heads and more particularly to the construction and mounting of eyes therein. One of the ob jects of our improvements is to provide an article of the class specified in which the usual swinging eyes are shiftable to and from operable position. Another object is to provide a simple and adjustable mounting for the eyes. Other objects and features of advantage will appear later herein.

For many years it has been customary to construct dolls heads, in which were mounted swinging eyes, with a large opening. through the top of the head through which to insert the eyes and their mountings. This has required the subsequent covering of said opening by a wig or otherwise. In recent years a large proportion of dolls has been. made without wigs, and to provide an unbroken contour to the top of the head, while equipping the head with swinging eyes, has caused the manufacturers to resort to various more or less cumbersome makeshifts in construction. By our improvements several diflieulties of manufacture are obviated and we are able to construct a dolls head, to all appearances in one piece, and yet having accurately adjusted and efficiently operable swinging eyes.

. Our improvements are illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein i Figure 1 is a vertical section of a dolls head. in which our infproved mechanism is installed in operative position,'.the section being had from front to baclr of the head. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the eye mountings, looking in the direction of arrow 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line S--3 of ll ig. 1. Fig. 41 is a fragmentary sectional elevation, similar to a portion of Fig. 1, showing the eyes withdrawn downwardly from their operative positions. According to our irnprovenients the dolls head is made in two hollow sections 1, 5, joined along an aproitimatel' vertical transverse artin' 6 No, 484,276. Renewed April 11, 1925.

the'upper and lower portions of which are in one plane, and the mid-portions of which are curved at 7 to conform to the ear profile. The lower end or neck portion 8 is provided with the usual opening 9. This enables us to mold the two head portions with convenience and facility. Front section 4 is provided with the usual eye sockets or open ings, 10, 10 in which are later revolubly seated eyes 11, 11.

Above said eye sockets and midway therebetween is a reinforced portion 12 having a flat substantially vertical table 13 for the reception of the eye-hanger 14. Said hanger is preferably made from a strip of metal having near its upper end three holes in vertical alignment. The upper hole 15 is preferably round and in which a screw 16 is adapted to fit. The next hole 17 is preferably elongatedvertically, its width being substantially equal to the diameter of the body portion of screw 18, similar to screw 16. The third and lowermost hole 19 is threaded for the engagement of adjusting screw-20. Below screw hole 19 said hanger is of peculiar formation, to provide both an operative seat or bearing 22 for eye shaft 21 and, below said bearing 22, a temporary seat or hearing 23 for said shaft 21. This hearing 22 is preferably formed by bending the hanger strip upwardly into an open loop at 2 1 and then downwardly into a closed loop at 25, hearing 22 being formed a short dis tance below loop .25 by forming the bearing strip about a wire of the diameter of shaft 21. The bearing strip extends from hearing 22 downwardly to below the eye socket 10., and is there again bent upwardly about said wire to form seat 23 and said bearing strip terminates upwardly in a bent-out portion, forming lip 26 resting. against loop 2%.

Eyes 11, 11 are'mounted on opposite. ends of shaft 21 and are provided with face portions 27, 27, respectively, which bear on their outer lower portions 27 the image of the human eye. Inserted in the rear portions of said eyes, respectively, are the opposite ends 28, 28 of pendulum member 29, and which member carries weight 30 having cushion 31 seated in its front portion. Said pendulum 29 is preferably formed of wire folded upon itself at its lower end 32, weight 30 being slidable on the double strand of wire 29 and frictionally held thereon. Where said wires 29 part right and left,

Fig. 2, to later engage the eyes, -a clamp member 33, preferably of sheet metal, 1s folded therearound and said clamp member terminates in stop arm 34 for engagement with hanger 14 just below adjusting screw 20, to prevent eyes 11 and pendulum 29 swinging too far. I

Our improved device is assembled and operated as follows: Eyes 11, mounted on shaft 21 and having pendulum 29, carrying weight 30, attached thereto, are assembled on hanger 14 by inserting shaft 21 between lip 26 and loop 24. Said lip will be crowded outwardly to permit the passage of said shaft and will then springyback to normal position. Shaft 21 will then drop into temporary seat 23. Then shaft 21 is pushed up wardly into operative seat 22, the walls of which will be temporarily pushed apart to admit said shaft, said walls springing together again after the seating of said shaft. The eye mechanism, thus assembled, is then ready for mounting in face section 4. The first step in thisoperation is to place the eyes 11, 11 in their respective sockets 10, 10, with face portions 27, 27 directed outwardly and with that portion of hanger 14- havingthe screw holes therethrough against table 13. This will bring slot 17 into approximately correct position over said table and screw 18' is then inserted through. said slot and screwed into table 13 about vertically midway said slot until said hanger is held thereby under slight friction. Then adjust ing screw 20 "is brought into engagement with the inside wall of head member 4, whereby eyes 11, 11 are lifted free of eye sockets 10 a suitable amount for freedom of action, and said eyes and hanger 14 are swiveled right or left on screw 18, Fig.

2, and moved up or down thereon, as permitted by slot 17 to bring said eyes into accurate adjustment relatively to eye sockets 10, 10. Then said universal adjustment hasbeen made, screw 16 is inserted through hole 15 and fixed in table 18, thereby securing hanger 14 and eyes 11, 11 iii their adjusted positions, respectively. Thereupon' pendulum member 29 is gripped in the hand and by a sharp downward pull, shaft 21 is withdrawn from its operative seat 22 and into its temporary seat 23, eyes 11, 11 being thus'removed a material distance'from their eye sockets, and protected from injury by the front wall of member 4. The object of this withdrawal of the eyes to a protected position will presently appear.

Head portions, 4, 5 are now ready to be assembled permanently, which is done by cementing them together along parting 6, 7, whereupon the head is ready for painting and decorating. Said painting is commonly done by spraying and the object of the temporary removal of the eyes from exposed position in their sockets is now obvious, to

wit, to prevent their being spattered or coated with paint or otherwise injured during the finishing operations on the head. When these finishing operations are completed, the eyes are restored to their operative positions, and shaft 21 to its operative seat 22, by inserting the nose of a pair of pliers or other suitabletool through neck opening 9, gripping the lower end of pendulum 29 therewith and pushing upwardly thereon until shaft 21 snaps into its operative seat 22. The head is then ready for mounting or other disposal.

We claim:

1. In a dolls head the combination 'of an eye hanger, and a pair of eyes revolubly mounted in said hanger, said hanger having an operativebearing and a temporary bearing from either to the other of which said eyes are shiftable.

2. In a dolls head the combination of an eye hanger, means for adjustably securing said hanger in said head, and a pair of eyes revolubly mounted in said hanger, said hanger having an operative bearing and a temporary bearing from either to the other of which said eyes are shiftable.

3. In a dolls head comprising two hollow sections joined along a common parting and having two eye sockets in one section, a hanger table on the inside of that section having eye sockets, an eye-hanger, means for adjustably securing said hanger to said eye socket section, and-a pair of eyes revolubly mounted in said-hanger, said hanger having an operative bearing and a temporary bearing from either to the other of which said eyes are shiftable.

4. In a dolls head comprising two hollow sections joined along a common parting and having two eye sockets in one section, a'hanger table on the inside of that section having eye sockets, said hanger table being located above said eye sockets and approximately midway therebetween, an

eye-hanger, means for securing said hanger sockets.

5. In a dolls head comprising two hollow sections joined along a common parting and having two eye sockets in one section, a hanger table on the inside of that section having eye sockets, an eye-hanger, means for adjustably securing said hanger on said table, and a pair of eyes revolubly mounted in said hanger, said hanger having an operative bearing and a temporary bearing from either to the other of which said eyes are shiftable.

6. In a dolls head comprising twoholno i low" sections joined along a common parting and having two eye sockets in one section, a hanger table onthe inside of that section having eye socket-s, an eye-hanger, meansfor securing said hanger to said table, a pair of eyes revolubly mounted in said hanger, a pendulum carried by said eyes, said hanger being adjustable vertically and transversely in a plane, means for fixing said hanger in. adjusted position, and means for adjusting said hanger toward and from said eye sockets.

7; In a dolls head comprising two hollow sections joined along a common parting and having two eye sockets in one section, a pair of eyes mounted on a connecting shaft, an'eye-hanger having an operative bearing and a temporary bearing for said shaft, means for adjustably securing said hanger in said head, and spring means for removably retaining said shaft 111 said operative bearing.

8. Ina dolls head comprising two hollow sections joined along a common parting and having'two eye sockets in one section, an eye-hanger, means for adjustably securing said hanger in said head, a pair of eyes mounted on a connecting shaft, said hanger having an operative bearing and a temporary hearing from either to the other of which said eye shaft is shiftable, and spring means for removably retaining said shaft in said operative bearing.

In witness whereof, we hereby afiix our signatures this 11th day of July, 1921.

ARTHUR FRISCH. MORRIS A. FRISOH. 

